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atolar.

to bog down

6 characters3 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

verb/a.toˈla(ʁ)/Brazil[a.toˈla(h)]Brazil/a.toˈla(ɾ)/São-Paulo/a.toˈla(ʁ)/Rio-de-Janeiro
  1. to bog down

    transitive
  2. to get bogged down, to get stuck in the mud

    reflexive
Where this word comes from

From Spanish atollar, from tollo; a Celtic borrowing, from Proto-Celtic *tullos (“hole”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tew- (“to push, hit”). Related to Old Irish toll (“hole”), Breton toull, Welsh twll.

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